PinnedHi, I’m Dana DuBoisI’m a Boost nominator, publisher, editor — and a writer of All My Little Words.Jan 1, 202446Jan 1, 202446
Published inThree Imaginary Girls17 Songs About 17-Year-OldsI celebrate my child with music, as she teeters over “the edge of seventeen”6d ago626d ago62
Published inThree Imaginary GirlsMy Top Shows of 2024From Taylor to Tullycraft, most of my favorite memories of 2024 were musical ones — all 18 of them.Jan 428Jan 428
Published inAge of EmpathyI’m Obsessed With Bagged SaladsAs 2025 looms, I crave their tasty, proportioned limitsDec 28, 202422Dec 28, 202422
Published inThree Imaginary GirlsBad Luck With Billie EilishTwo of the three of us finally saw her live. December 5, 2024 at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.Dec 23, 202425Dec 23, 202425
Published inAge of EmpathyI Took My Teens to a Speed Dating EventWhat would Carrie Bradshaw do?Dec 9, 202435Dec 9, 202435
Published inPink Hair & PronounsMiddle-Aged Men Keep Ogling My 16-Year-OldA Gen X mom explores sexuality, beauty, aging, and modern-day feminism in an era of “your body, my choice”Nov 25, 2024147Nov 25, 2024147
Published inPink Hair & PronounsI Love My Nonbinary Child. I Still Deadnamed Them.What’s in a (dead) name? Would gender identity by another name sound as sweet?Nov 14, 202421Nov 14, 202421
Published inAge of EmpathyWas it an Unrequited Love Letter to Him, or an Unexpected Love Letter to Myself?Revisiting an epic billet doux, one year later.Nov 13, 20243Nov 13, 20243
Published inPink Hair & PronounsProtecting Our Trans and Nonbinary Kids Under Trump and Project 2025Will it be safe? I have no idea. Is it necessary? More than ever.Nov 11, 202461Nov 11, 202461
This Is My Dog, Kira KamalaI got her as a symbol of victory, security, and home.Nov 7, 20244Nov 7, 20244
I Protested the Muslim Ban in 2016. Have Arab Americans Forgotten It?The audacity of Trump campaigning for their votes. My horror that it’s working.Nov 4, 20246Nov 4, 20246
Published inAge of EmpathyI Flew 3,000 Miles for My Dad’s 80th Birthday. He Can’t Remember I Was There.So why did I go?Oct 25, 202449Oct 25, 202449
Published inThree Imaginary GirlsWhen Your Former Rockstar Crush Is a #MenToo TypeAnd his response to allegations is to tour and blame his victims.Oct 18, 202429Oct 18, 202429
Published inPink Hair & PronounsMy Child Came Out as Genderfluid. Then They Went Back In.But don’t call it social contagion. It’s gender exploration, and we need to normalize it— not pathologize it.Oct 10, 202446Oct 10, 202446
Published inHeart AffairsDating the “Test and Apologize” TypeThe test is in earnest. The apology never is. Or is it?Oct 9, 202437Oct 9, 202437
Published inHeart AffairsI Gave My Consent. He Gave Me Bruises.My meet-cute went wrong: Was it misaligned expectations or old-fashioned lying?Sep 22, 202427Sep 22, 202427
Published inPink Hair & PronounsMy Child Came Out As Genderfluid 3 Years Ago — 10 Things I Wish I Knew Then10 things every parent should do when their child comes out.Sep 18, 202423Sep 18, 202423
Published inThe Parenting PortalI Found a Time Capsule of Lost Words I Wrote About My BabyA love letter to my daughter on her one-week birthdaySep 10, 202438Sep 10, 202438
Published inPink Hair & PronounsAutumn Writing Prompt for Pink Hair & Pronouns: ChangesWe can all feel change in the air as summer turns to fall.Sep 10, 2024Sep 10, 2024